Winterminal

I heard that you all filled the league, and that the raid went off without a hitch. Good show, Pinnacle!

This weekend is the LAST WEEKEND IN A ROW that I will have to be absent (I will be on a plane while the raid is taking place). But as usual, one or more of our members will be there to lead it.

Also, (in case anyone still actually reads this topic) keep your eyes peeled for some more Talsorian led events in the coming weeks!

Updated for this week.

The following link is the latest update from Zwillinger regarding player subscription types and refunds: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=297472

Hopefully, that should clear up some of the gray matter.

Another great write-up from Eliot. I also like that he's going to be opening up his column to testimonials. Huge kudos to him and Massively.

I have yet to try CO.

I downloaded DCUO on my PS3, played it a bit, and I found it enjoyable. The travel powers were spot-on in my opinion, and I like you eventually get special abilities with each one. But other than that, it felt like most other console games I might play, and the problems with those are that they rarely have staying power. (Hence why I stopped playing them: $60 for 2-3 weeks worth of play before I had beaten the game and gotten bored was digging into my wallet.) I may pick it up now and then, when I think, "I actually want to play as a sidekick of Batman. Screw Nightwing, I'm the new guy!" But those impulses never last long.

Marvel Heroes... *sigh* why do I have to play as one of them?! I LOVE Marvel's characters, but I do not want to be one-of-several Spidermen slinging my way through Manhattan. There is something to the "unique snowflake" theory in MMORPGs, and it was achievable in CoH. Even if I ended up on the same team/league with someone with the same power sets, there were a large variety of things that could set us apart (travel powers, costumes, gender, origin/story, power customization, etc.)

City of Heroes is one of a kind. I can only hope it remains to be so.

Scooped.

But yes, it appears this (along with Bio Armor?) were on a timer that we can only assume was consistent with the Devs schedule on when things would be available for release.

I've been trying to get on the Titan Network forums, but there's been a problem with my account. Sent in for help, but was informed that most of the guys capable of fixing the problem were pretty busy with #savecoh stuff (understandably). So I've only been able to lurk, but the lurking has been done!

I went to Beta, but... it's all just too much! The crashless nukes, Blasters' Sustain, DP changes, Martial Combat... I just end up depressed about all that I wanted never making it in the game!

Hey all,

I posted this in another thread, but given the number of threads we've had pop up this weekend regarding NCSoft's silence, I felt warranted to post it as its own topic where more people might see it. (Might be considered cross-posting?)

NCSoft's silence may be infuriating, unjust, and seem like poor business management, yet there is another group of people whose silence we are not considering: The devs.

We know that the Devs have heard us. They have yet to disappear off of the map, which means they have most likely seen our frustration as well. But they have given us no information other than to notify us that Paragon management was in discussions (and only discussions) with NCSoft and investors. [source]

Given the relationship between us (the community) and the Devs/Community team, I firmly believe they would have told us by now if they, too, had received nothing but silence from NCSoft. Because they would be able to; if they received no response from NCSoft, they would have no reason to be quiet about what was going on (whatever that may be). While they would not badmouth NCSoft, they would have the decency to tell us that a wall had been hit, and give us the opportunity to focus our efforts towards solutions that did not involve NCSoft (few though they are).

I agree: the longer the silence, the longer we have to wait, the harder it will be to recover. I agree: not a word from NCSoft either way on the subject after two weeks is astounding and aggravating. But we have not heard word either way on the subject from Paragon either.

So let's give our Dev team a little credit: As many of us forum-frequenters know, the quieter the Devs and Community team are, the harder they tend to be working, and last we heard, they were indeed working toward a solution.

Have hope.

-Winter

Here's the thing: while NCSoft's silence is infuriating, unjust, and just poor business management, there is another group of people whose silence we are not considering: The devs.

We know that the Devs have heard us. They have yet to disappear off of the map, which means they have most likely seen our frustration as well. But they have given us no information other than to notify us that Paragon management was in discussions (and only discussions) with NCSoft and investors. [source]

Given the relationship between us (the community) and the Devs/Community team, I firmly believe they would have told us by now if they, too, had received nothing but silence from NCSoft. Because they would be able to; no response means no NDA about discussions. While they would not badmouth NCSoft, they would have the decency to tell us that a wall had been hit, and give us the opportunity to focus our energies towards solutions that did not involve NCSoft (few as they may be).

So let's give our Dev team a little credit: As many of us forum-frequenters know, the quieter the Devs and Community team are, the harder they tend to be working.

I'll say this: putting these emails out there "for the world to see" (essentially) would not have been the course of action I would have recommended. That said, the deed is done, and as others have said, what more is there left to lose?

I will email them at some point over this weekend I suppose.

There's already a topic discussing this.

While that very much seems to be the obvious explanation, and no matter how negatively we all (myself included) feel towards it, we have to remember: until we receive a firm "yes" or "no" to the question of whether or not the IP can be acquired, we have to play nice.

I am done trying to figure out their thought process. Spock would have an aneurism trying to figure out their logic.

I am just keeping my fingers crossed that they take our actions seriously enough to sell the IP.

I would love to outfit my only lvl 50 Defender with the ATO set, so...

@Winter. (note the period)
I would love Lot 10!

Kudos to you for just spreading the wealth, Organica!

It should be noted that "Personal Story Arcs" where you play through as the character (i.e. without attacks) do not actually award any xp upon completion (in my experience with the DA arcs, at least). However, the fact that it did not return upon mission completion is strange.

The last one is just pure win! Although, I am a huge fan of number 3 as well. Now I am sad these will never come to fruition.

Do you know how irritating it is to want to help with all this (and other Calls to Action), but to be tied down by work and other obligations? UGH!

Keep up the good fight, Tony. If I see a job that I can actually handle with my current schedule, I'm pouncing.